Policy, 13671372 all sound judges of a p. 1552 All this they call a p., 713 Bad administration, to be sure, can destroy good p., 1372 correct their p. to suit the realities of the world, 1371 good administration can never save bad p., 1372 governmental p., is an inseparable compound of the two [good and evil], 561 imagine the world to suit their p., 1371 is like a play in many acts, 1369 Justice is itself the great standing p. of civil society, 948 like all organic entities is always in the making, 1370 mulish obstructionism in domestic p., 1042 national p. from the quicksand of racial injustice, 1693 no such thing as a fixed p., 1370 of confiscation, 1368 rocks of loose fiscal p., 480 should be settled by free discussion, 414 war is the continuation of state p., 1917 which is devised for a nation, 1367See alsoForeign policy

Political achieve p. power and do big things, 1361 activity prevailing in the United States, 1428 adequacy of its p. systems, 1935 aim was to defeat this new enemy, 1968 always on trial for their p. lives, 1563 ambition, 1604 animal, 1390 applicability, 1231 architecture has its p. Use, 93 arena, 494 career brings out the basest qualities in human nature, 1416 cattle of the p. arena, 1666 cowardice, 1199 dangerous to the p. process, 150 deprived of p. strength or union, 1647 domesticated p. and social creature, 1423 dreamer, 1762 enemies, 519 Fable of the Snake, 265 fork in the p. road, 62 gods, 1642 hazards, 1567 if instead of making a p. speech I was being hanged, 1277 law of my p. life, 723 leaders replacing moral imperatives with a Southern strategy, 444 machine, 414 mediocre p. talents, 1401 novice in p. economy, 786 objects at which all p. institutions aim, 782 only one thing I want to say that has a p. tinge, 285 Our present p. position has been achieved in a manner unprecedented, 760 people reign over the American p. world as God rules over the universe, 87 philosophy, 1343 power grows out of the barrel of a gun, 1451 power is primarily an illusion, 1415 preservation of our p. system, 894 prowess of an Adam Clayton Powell, 1400 punishes p. opinions, 1653 puppets, 1455 question in the United States, 1429 recipe for p. success, 1391 regeneration, 1613 rights, 1653 society does not live to conduct foreign policy, 620 to live under the American Constitution is the greatest p. privilege, 320 turn their decisions to p. purposes, 944 vocal at all times on p. matters, 1747 War is a p. act, 1926 War is not merely a p. act, 1915 what kills p. writing, 1248 When I examined my p. faith, 414 wisdom, 716

Politician asking what your country can do for you, 766 contribution equal to the p., 2082 eel in the fundamental mud upon which the superstructure of organized society is reared, 1393 garden [is a] refuge of a disappointed p., 1395 Hell double-cross that bridge when he comes to it, 1399 is a man who understands government, 1405 must always tell the people what they want to hear, 1391 no p. can afford to admit this, 1445 no such thing as a nonpolitical speech by a p., 1402 nobody counts for anything except a p., 1716 not a p., 1425 not a p. and my other habits air good, 1407 of monumental littleness, 1403 proud that Im a p., 1405 sound p., 1271 suffers the disadvantage of being alive, 1393 Tax reduction has an almost irresistible appeal to the p., 17 too honest a man to be a p. and live, 1404 true p., 1765 who has willfully made war, 1953See also Legislators

Politicians, 13891408 and movie actors and movie executives are similar in more ways than theyre different, 1406 anxious p. of his party, 1313 are the same all over, 1398 God and the p. willing, 1318 if more p. knew poetry, 1397 in this country, in their feverish search for group acceptance, 1389 keep my promises to other p. than to God, 1408 of the United States are not so fastidious as some gentlemen, 1314 rarely feel they can afford the luxury of telling the whole truth, 1563 swear eternal devotion to the ends of peace and security, 631 when p. go to Hollywood, theyre absolutely fascinated by the movie stars, 1406 whole Race of P. put together, 30See alsoLegislators

Politics, 14091432 aim of practical p., 1421 and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement, 1417 art of p., 1422 awareness that we are all human beings together has become lost in war and through p., 1157 [business] corrupts p., sports, 158 consists in directing rationally the irrationalities of men, 1422 the damnedest / In Kentucky, 964 defeat the point of accountability in p., 150 fair idea of p., 1552 function of p., 1714 has failed, 1445 his p. is effective, 1400 I have no P., 1385 I must study P., 481 if I had attempted to take part in p., I should have perished at once and long ago, 1404 is a fascinating game, 1430 is government, 1430 is like an ocean voyage or a military campaign, 1423 is not a public chore, 1423 is not an exact science, 1413 is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary, 1427 is the art of the possible, 1414 is the practical exercise of the art of self-government, 1425 [isolation] does not answer in p. for nations, 911 makes strange bed-fellows, 1431 more poets know p., 1397 no such regulations prevail in p., 1569 of decency, 1424 of protest is shutting out the process of thought, 441 only sport for grownupsall other games are for kids, 1432 opinions in p., 1275 ought to be the part-time profession of every citizen, 1420 power p., may obstruct the paths to international peace, 910 practical kind of p., 1424 Practical p. consists in ignoring facts, 1409 Push conducive to success, especially in p., 1412 radical in p., 315 resorting to power in order to make our p. succeed, 1445 small lie, a big lie and p., 1769 their p. [was their own business], 81 victories or defeats in battle or in p., 1753 what is true of business and p., 111 without principle, 1697

Poor cannot help the p. by destroying the rich, 1117 cannot hope for much economy in public expenditure, 812 corn and oil for the exceedingly p. and wretched, 1648 If a free society cannot help the many who are p., 623 impassable gulf divided the Rich from the P., 1631 in America are sick, dirty, disorganized and powerless, 1442 in Resurrection City, 1442 people cant [afford], 1085 spiritually p., 1632 support the p. rather than the rich man until you know the truth, 956 would plunder the rich, 421